The Historic New Orleans Collection - Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, was born on this day in 1680. Bienville arrived in Louisiana in 1699, along with his older brother, Pierre Le
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ERIN KRALL on Twitter: "Today in legit efforts of diplomacy...Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founder of New Orleans, was covered from the neck down in snake tattoos, among other things. https://t.co/h1Vsv34WwC" /
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